“‘Grave Threat’: Ex-Clerks, Judges Urge Supreme Court to Review Newman’s Suspension; The retired judges argued the D.C. Circuit relied on faulty precedent to dismiss Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s challenge to her suspension.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access the amicus briefs here and here.

“What Nicolás Maduro’s Life Is Like in a Notorious Brooklyn Jail; The President of Venezuela has reportedly been stuck in a unit for high-profile inmates, known for housing rappers and tech moguls, while his country forms an uneasy relationship with Trump”: Diego Lasarte has this report online at The New Yorker.

“Trump Administration Approves Firing Squad Executions for Death Penalty; The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals”: Devlin Barrett and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs of The New York Times have this report.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Trump administration moves to add firing squad to federal execution methods; The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.”

And Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Administration Adds Firing Squad Executions to Death Penalty; Justice Department also reauthorizes single-drug lethal injections in effort to expedite capital punishment cases.”

“The Supreme Court’s not-so-sinister ‘shadow docket’; The justices’ decision-making is an inevitable result of the controversial use of executive power”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And The New York Times has posted John Guida’s written conversation with law professor William Baude titled “Don’t Blame John Roberts for the Shadow Docket.”

“Todd Blanche Targets Trump’s Enemies Amid Jockeying to Lead Justice Dept.; Mr. Blanche’s actions are meant to demonstrate progress on the president’s priorities, chief among them payback”: Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer, and Kenneth P. Vogel of The New York Times have this report.

“His case struck down mandatory life sentences in second-degree murder cases. What’s next for Derek Lee? Lee’s case changed the sentence for second-degree murder convictions. Now, he’s getting a chance at freedom.” Jillian Kramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Roy Moore’s $8 Million Defamation Award Reversed at 11th Circuit”: Chris Marr of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore failed to adequately prove a political ad defamed him during his 2017 US Senate campaign through references to news reports alleging he committed sexual misconduct involving underage girls, a federal appeals court found.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Iowa penalty for animal rights activists who record protests upheld at Eighth Circuit; The appeals panel said the U.S. Supreme Court has never held that a trespasser may exercise general rights of free speech on property used for private purposes”: Rox Laird of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access yesterday’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Mom’s Damages Claim Over Trans-Student Notification Revived”: Alexis Waiss and Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law have this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s decision of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“10th Circuit gives gun lovers small win in mixed ruling on ghost guns; The National Gun Rights Association had sued to block a 2023 Colorado law banning the possession and manufacturing of unserialized firearms”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access yesterday’s decision of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“A Far-Right Court Allowed the Ten Commandments in Every Texas Classroom — in Direct Defiance of SCOTUS”: Alexis Romero and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And in related news coverage, Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law reports that “Duncan Expects Justices to Take Up His Ten Commandments Decision” (subscription required for full access).

“The Eight-Figure Talent Race for Supreme Court Lawyers; Firms are dangling large pay packages to lure stars who can elevate their stature”: C. Ryan Barber and Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“French Interlude: Judicial appointments in the Fifth Republic.” Ed Whelan has this new installment of his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Aftershocks from ‘The Shadow Papers’; Publication of a trove of confidential Supreme Court memos ignited debates in the legal academy”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.